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Guide to birding the Forgotten Road in the Djerdap National Park, Serbia

10,000 Birds

And in order to evaluate its potential, my agenda was to spend whole two days in the park and to produce the best possible evaluation based on that visit. Easy species here are Corn Bunting , Hawfinch , Spotted Flycatcher , Red-backed Shrike , Woodlark , Eurasian Golden Oriole , European Turtle Dove.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? Any other factories on the agenda? For me, the focus on culture and tradition is basically an excuse for "anything goes" when it comes to animals. But I bet anything doesn't go. I wonder how much they learn about the animals other cultures eat. (In

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

10,000 Birds

I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. The reservoir is surrounded by traditional farming landscape, adding the European Turtle Dove and the Ortolan Bunting to the scene. eBird bar chart. #4 4 Beljarica Foreland (Kovilovo floodplain), Belgrade. eBird bar chart.

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